BASFA Meeting #1339 at Black Bear Diner Milpitas March 28, 2016 Trey Haddad, President Ken Patterson, Vice President Dave Gallaher, Treasurer Galen Tripp, Sergeant At Arms Barbara Johnson-Haddad, Secretary APRIL 4 WILL BE AT: Mimi’s Café- 1200 El Paseo de Saratoga, San Jose, CA 95130 Began promptly at 8:00 26 people attended We established a party jar The minutes of meeting 1338 were accepted as ‘a little Fazzy’ The treasurer reported that last week we took in $10.65 in the regular jar and $6.75 in the party jar The Vice President thanked Holographic Secretary 2.0 for stepping in and welcomed new people Nathan and his wife Monique originally from Seattle who found us on the Meetup site. The President was not in attendance The Sports Committee reported that there are 3 tickets remaining for the Giants/Rockies game on Friday, May 6 in the view reserve [section 317] at a price of $28. PLUS Ken has tickets for the Saturday, 5pm, May 14, SJ Giants Star Wars night game in the Martinelli Plaza for $49 each and needs a minimum of 15 to buy in [we’re currently at 17] and this includes food, 2 alcoholic beverage & programs. The Meetup committee reported that the site is current with minutes and encouraged everyone to join. It will help our membership numbers when looking for meeting sites and events like Giants. Signing up is free but it will ask if you want to donate money. Adrienne pays a biannual fee to maintain the BASFA group. The Site Selection committee is looking for new meeting sites. Our next meetings will be at: April 4 Mimi’s Café El Paseo de Saratoga, San Jose, CA 95130 April 11 Lyon’s 4233 Moorpark Ave, San Jose, CA 95129 (upstairs section) April 18 at Omega’s 90 S Park Victoria, Milpitas CA 95035 April 25 Lyon’s 4233 Moorpark Ave, San Jose, CA 95129 May 2 Black Bear Diner 174 W. Calaveras Blvd. Milpitas There will be a vote on May 2 to choose a semi-permanent location for a month. Proxy voting will be allowed. Details to follow.
Announcements: Lisa announced there will be a Dr. Who dances at the Titanic event this Saturday at the Alameda Elks Costumes are admired but not required. Mo announced Contact conference this weekend. Also next weekend is PENWAG where Mo is teaching a Venetian Mask workshop Bob announced the FB page asked that ConVolution be mentioned Sept 30 – Oct 2. Prices go up on Thursday. JC followed on that they are still looking for staff members. Go to Con-Volution.com to sign up. John O announced that Hugo nominations close on March 30. His photos from last years Hugo Ceremony are eligible for nomination. Several other BASFA members are eligible including Spring, Mo Starkey, Chuck Serface and Nerdvana Podcast. He also announced that Writers with drinks will feature Adam Savage from Mythbusters on April 9 at the Makeout Room on 22nd St. in SF . Tickets are only available at the door and will sell out fast. Ken announced that that March 30 will be a live symphony of Star Trek music at the SJ Center for the Performing Arts. Cheaper seats are sold out but pricier ones still available. Adrienne announced that she is prepping her house for restoration. Basement must be emptied and there are some antiques in decent condition. She needs help emptying it April 23. Let her know if you’re available. Reviews: Adrienne reviewed Batman V Superman as she enjoyed it and was excited to see Wonder Woman on the big screen and Henry Cavill was good eye candy. Beth followed on that the movie was slow and got 1 pillow (she fell asleep) but Henry Cavill and Ben Affleck were good eye candy. Alex followed on that despite early negative reviews, he went in with an open mind and gives in 8/10 it was deeper than reviewers gave it credit for and it worked on multiple layers. He wrote a review on Facebook JC followed on that he enjoyed it and it was a Superman for today’s audience. Ken followed on that he and Jerry liked it but doesn’t need to see it again Adrienne reviewed several baseball movies as all good. Gerry reviewed MarCon as good and the Minnesota weather cooperated; Raising Caine by Charles Gannon as good and a Nubula Nominee and again STRONGLY recommended Saturn Run by Ctein and Stanford. Bill followed on that Saturn Run hits some things that are usually missing. Dave G. reviewed Norwescon in Seattle as very good. Josh reviewed Sen Dai Sushi on Abel St. in Milpitas as some of the best Japanese food in a while worth the 20 minute wait and worth full price. Mo reviewed ‘Stan Lee’s a lucky man’ on BBC 8-12 episodes as highly recommended. John O uses book bub an online service that sends emails on e-book deals. He recently read Across a Billion Years by Robert Silverberg and recommends it but the ending is a little rushed. Worth the $1.99. Josh followed on that he uses bookbub a loves it. Ken reviewed Wicked as worth full price. Highly recommended. Chris O followed on that she saw Wicked and then 2 weeks later saw Wizard of Oz and had a different view of it. We did auctions The rumor of the week was: JC was here We adjourned at 9:44. Minutes provided by Holographic Secretary 2.0, Beth Vallacqua.
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